City of Corpus Christi
Council Member, District 1
John M. Cudd
Nonpartisan- On ballot as
- John M. Cudd
- Current role
- Member, Nueces County Appraisal District board, At-Large Place 2; consultant (per city's candidate list)
- Background
- Attended A&I University, studying natural gas engineering (per campaign)
- Founder, CUDD Inc, an oilfield company (1980) (per campaign)
- Born in 1959 at Kindley Air Force Base, Bermuda (per campaign)
- Raised in Corpus Christi (per campaign)
- Married to his wife, Cindy, for forty years; two children (per campaign)
- Experience
- Elected May 4, 2024; took office July 1, 2024; term ends December 31, 2026
- Top priorities
- "Water Crisis": "pressure our government for state funding, desalination plants, rainwater conservation, and aid"
- "It's imperative that we protect the jobs and work force of our Corpus Christ Army Depot and Naval Air Station."
- "I will immediately initiate common sense mandates to ensure city departments perform their obligated duties"
- Tidbits
- Property taxes and budget: "We have a crumbling infrastructure and some of the highest taxes in the state."
- Growth and infrastructure: Caller-Times questionnaire: "Corpus Christi needs a dependable, long-term water supply, and I support development of the Inner Harbor seawater desalination plant."
- Flooding and drainage: Says the city's storm water runoff fee "has over quadrupled even though we have received little or no rain in recent years."
- Public safety: Caller-Times questionnaire: calls for "adequate staffing and resources for police, fire and EMS to reduce crime, improve response times and make our neighborhoods safer."
- Endorsements
- None found in our research
- Campaign website
- johnmcudd.com
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